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Season 1 • Episode 288: Caribbean Nights: Danzon • Watch with subtitles
Episode 288: Caribbean Nights: Danzon
June 16, 1986
In an old church in Havana, the Urfe brothers play Danzones, the first popular Cuban music to emerge from the blend of African and European traditions at the turn of the century. The dance it inspired was considered shocking by colonial Cuban society.
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